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Nov. 4, 2010
Nov. 3, 2010
Music
Those less familiar with out-there jazz of the 1950s and ‘60s might not have a clue as to why Ornette Coleman, who died Thursday morning, was such a transformative American musician at that time, and well beyond.
June 11, 2015
SINCE the 1950s, Ornette Coleman has hacked his own trails in improvised music.
Feb. 18, 2007
Entertainment & Arts
The art of Rachel Dolezal (with video). A lost tepee found in Oklahoma.
June 15, 2015
Obituaries
When saxophonist Ornette Coleman played clubs in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, audiences often covered their ears and waited outside until his set was done.
*** ORNETTE COLEMAN, “Sound Museum Three Women,” Verve/Harmolodic; *** ORNETTE COLEMAN, “Sound Museum Hidden Men,” Verve/Harmolodic
Sept. 29, 1996
Movies
“I wasn’t trying to make a ‘documentary’ of Ornette Coleman,” said director Shirley Clarke in her room at the Chateau Marmont.
Jan. 22, 1986
Funny, the pent-up anticipation that usually wells up before a concert didn’t hit me until a half hour before Ornette Coleman took the stage at Town Hall.
July 5, 1987
“IN ALL LANGUAGES.” Ornette Coleman. Caravan of Dreams CDP 85008.
Nov. 29, 1987